Comparison

Keep Your Promises vs Beaver Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Keep Your Promises

Features
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Some intentions deserve more than a place on a to-do list. Keep Your Promises helps you turn what matters into a clear promise to yourself, choose a deadline, and keep it visible with supportive reminders. Create a promise in seconds, add context if it helps, and choose when you want to follow through. See what is coming next, mark a promise complete, and review whether it was finished before or after its deadline. KEEP WHAT MATTERS VISIBLE β€’ Set deadlines for 24 hours, 7 days, or one month β€’ Turn on notifications to receive reminders as the deadline approaches β€’ Review promises that are active, completed, or past their deadline β€’ See your promise calendar and open the commitments planned for each date β€’ Follow your overall progress and recent activity from the dashboard KEEP YOUR PROMISES PRO When you want more flexibility, Pro unlocks custom promise dates and the Two Option Ruleβ€”a promise with two possible paths, where you choose the option you completed. Available plans, localized pricing, and renewal details are shown before purchase. You can restore or manage purchases from the app. Start with one promise that matters and give it a clear place in your life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Beaver Notes

Features
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Beaver Notes is a fast, native client for the open-source Beaver Notes server β€” a self-hosted note wall you run on your own infrastructure. Write markdown notes. Drop in photos, videos and files. Everything lands on your server, nowhere else. No accounts to sign up for, no third-party services, no analytics, no telemetry. FEATURES β€’ Multi-server β€” connect to as many self-hosted Beaver Notes servers as you need and switch between them from the sidebar. β€’ Local-first sync β€” an outbox queue keeps everything working offline and catches up the moment the server comes back. β€’ Markdown editor β€” bold, italic, code, lists, links, headings, with live preview. β€’ Attachments β€” photos, videos, and arbitrary files. Images appear in an adaptive grid with a fullscreen viewer. Inline video playback. β€’ Upload progress β€” per-file and per-message progress overlays, including retry on failure. β€’ Image editor β€” crop, draw, filters, and optional optimization before upload. β€’ Video trim & optimize β€” HEIC and H.265 encoding to keep uploads small. β€’ Quick input β€” a compact composer at the bottom of the wall for fast capture. β€’ Search β€” local full-text search with type, tag, pinned and date filters. β€’ Spotlight β€” your notes are findable from the system search. β€’ Privacy β€” biometric lock with Face ID / Touch ID, auto-lock timeout, and the option to hide previews in the App Switcher. β€’ Storage controls β€” per-server cache size limit and one-tap erase. β€’ Multi-platform β€” adapted layouts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with native sidebar, context menus, swipe actions, and keyboard shortcuts. PRIVACY The app talks only to the self-hosted server you configure. No analytics SDKs. No third-party services. No developer-side backend. Read the full privacy policy at https://eduard256.github.io/beaver-notes-apple/PRIVACY.md REQUIREMENTS You need a running Beaver Notes server. The server is open source β€” see https://github.com/eduard256/beaver-notes

Screenshots

Keep Your Promises4 screens
Beaver Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beaver Notes at none against Keep Your Promises's 3. Keep Your Promises's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Keep Your Promises sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Beaver Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Keep Your Promises versus Beaver Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep Your PromisesBeaver Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size61 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolando BarbellaArtur Jeremicz

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Keep Your Promises

Subscriptions2
  • Promises Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Promises Pro Yearly$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Go Pro$24.99
None

Beaver Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep Your Promises free?
Keep Your Promises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beaver Notes free?
Beaver Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keep Your Promises or Beaver Notes have ads?
Neither Keep Your Promises nor Beaver Notes shows ads.

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